Lobbying Firm Linked to Cameron and Johnson Strategist Paid Journalists for Covertly Placed Stories

A Guardian investigation found CT Group, the lobbying firm co-founded by Lynton Crosby — strategist to Cameron and Johnson — paid journalists to plant favourable stories that appeared independent in British newspapers. Lobbyists offered an undercover reporter hundreds of pounds to pitch pieces for a property client seeking to influence coverage of the post-Grenfell Building Safety Regulator. CT Group called the events "deliberately mischaracterised."